A former top official of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has been jailed for 18 years for corruption.

Sun Yu , 52, deputy chairman of the region from 1998 to 2007, accepted 3.28 million yuan (HK$3.72 million) in bribes from the end of 2004 to mid-2007, the China News Service reported. In return, Sun helped businesses obtain raw materials and timber licences.

A deputy editor of a Guangxi newspaper was dismissed by provincial propaganda authorities after the paper had published a series of stories about a teenage boy who was beaten to death at an internet addiction camp.

The first expo promoting the free-trade agreement between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations attracted interest from more than 4,000 exhibitors, requiring twice the number of booths originally available.

The annual China-Asean Expo officially opens at the new Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Nanning , Guangxi , today.

Nanning Customs agents in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region have cracked 167 smuggling cases and confiscated 13 million yuan (HK$11.6 million) worth of goods in the first quarter of this year. The number of smuggling cases fell by one per cent while the value of smuggled goods decreased 35 per cent.

Nanning Treasure isn't in love with the game, that much has to be said.

But Happy Valley is not his track and there was still a front-running inside bias against him when he contested last night's fourth event at the difficult city venue won High Degree from Chief's Fortune.